Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for handling operational constraints for unmanned vehicles. The system includes: a plurality of mobile unmanned vehicles for deployment in an environment; a computing device connected to the plurality of unmanned vehicles via a network, the computing device storing, in a memory, a plurality of operational constraints; each operational constraint including (i) a type identifier, (ii) an indication of a region of the environment, and (iii) a property defining a constraint on the operation of the unmanned vehicles within the region. The computing device is configured to: receive a request from one of the mobile unmanned vehicles, the request identifying an operational constraint; responsive to receiving the request, retrieve an operational constraint from the memory based on the request; and send the retrieved operational constraint to the one of the mobile unmanned vehicles.

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›1.independentA non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions executable by a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:…+7

›2.↳ 1The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising: determining from the request a location within the env…d2

›3.↳ 1The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising: determining from the request a class of operational co…d2

›4.↳ 1The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising: receiving a request to create the one or more operatio…d2+2

›7.↳ 1The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising: determining whether any of the one or more operational…d2

›8.↳ 1The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising: determining whether any of the one or more operational…d2

›9.independentA system comprising: at least one unmanned vehicle for deployment in an environment; a data storage having stored thereon one or more operational cons…+12

›10.↳ 9The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor is operable to: determine from the request a location within the environment; and retrieve any operation…d2

›11.↳ 9The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor is operable to: determine from the request a class of operational constraint; retrieve any operational c…d2

›12.↳ 9The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor is operable to: receive a request to create the one or more operational constraints based on at least on…d2+2

›15.↳ 9The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor is operable to: determine whether any of the one or more operational constraints associated with overlap…d2

›16.↳ 9The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor is operable to: determine whether any of the one or more operational constraints associated with adjacen…d2+5

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section B — Performing operations; transporting

B66F9/06

Section G — Physics

G01C21/34
G05D1/00
G05D1/02

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29 May 2015

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Type	Document	Date
provisional	US 62168511	29 May 2015
related publication	US 20190265704 A1	29 Aug 2019

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